Ebola Survivor Warns Healthcare Workers at Risk Amid Congo Outbreak

A New York doctor who survived Ebola warns healthcare workers are at high risk amid a new outbreak in eastern Congo's Ituri province.

Dr. Craig Spencer, an emergency room physician and Brown University public health professor, survived the virus after contracting it in Guinea in 2014.

Authorities report at least 246 suspected cases, including 65 deaths, in what is the 17th Ebola outbreak in the Congo since 1976.

The latest strain, Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDV), has no approved vaccines or treatments.

Spencer notes the U.S. response is hampered by the dismantling of USAID and withdrawal from the WHO, with no director for the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response.

Despite challenges, Spencer says the U.S. retains capacity to handle Ebola, citing recent quarantine units used for hantavirus.